{"id":30947,"date":"2023-04-21T13:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=30947"},"modified":"2023-04-16T19:09:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T00:09:52","slug":"book-report-seasons-of-the-four-states-edited-by-s-v-farnsworth-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/21\/book-report-seasons-of-the-four-states-edited-by-s-v-farnsworth-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: Seasons of the Four States<\/i> edited by S.V. Farnsworth (2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BookI bought this book last year<\/a> when I met S.V. Farnsworth at her book signing at ABC Books. She is only the editor on this book which is a collection of works from the Joplin Writers’ Guild.<\/p>\n

So the book collects works by the members. Poetry, some genre works, some slice-of-life short stories like you used to read in McCall’s<\/em> or other general interest magazines. Some of it is pretty pederstrian, but I’m not one to level judgment. I haven’t completed a poem or short story in months. At least these kids (some of whom are older than I am, no doubt) are trying.<\/p>\n

Ya know, I was a member of the Missouri Writers’ Guild for a year or so and perhaps a paper member of the Springfield Writers’ Guild. A full<\/em> member–I’ve had works in national magazines for pay, gentle reader, and don’t worry, I won’t let you forget it. I never made it to a meeting, though. But maybe this book has encouraged me to consider trying again. I am surely less of an ass than I was in writers’ workshops in college, where I was one of the few seriously cranking out works and submitting them. Trying to be a writer, not just a writing major.<\/p>\n

But I’ve mellowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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